"Well, I wanted to make some sense of my own life and the impact that my life and the experiences in my life had on forming and shaping who I was. So I had a very personal reason, which was to try to find out what had it all meant. But I knew I had been in important places during the many decades that I've lived."
"Finding myself here in the ninth decade, because I'm 93 years of age, I feel that I've been one of the very, very fortunate ones who have lived a long life with many very, very important experiences. I've been in the "room where it happens" repeatedly."
Harriet Newman Cohen describes a long career as a divorce lawyer who represented celebrities and landmark family-law clients, including lesbian partners featured in a 2021 HBO documentary. She graduated from law school in the 1970s as a single mother of four and began practicing in the wake of Roe v. Wade and amid the 'divorce revolution.' She co-founded a New York law firm and frames her experiences through the lives of clients and family. She emphasizes the importance of understanding women's lives, traces political and cultural change, and reflects on repeatedly being present in pivotal moments.
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